NIGHT OWL Lent, most particularly the Holy Week, is a very important season for Catholics. It is a time of prolonged penance as the Catholic faithful reflect on the passion of the Lord, his suffering, death, and resurrection. In the Philippines, the Holy Week is not only a demonstration of...
NIGHT OWL “It is time to act, and in Lent, to act also means to pause. To pause in prayer, in order to receive the word of God, to pause like the Samaritan in the presence of a wounded brother or sister.” — Pope Francis Amid a very fast-moving society and a rapidly changing world, oftentimes...
NIGHT OWL March 8 is International Women’s Day and it is being celebrated today with the theme “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress.” According to the United Nations, the lack of financing — in the amount of US$360 billion per year — is one of the main challenges in achieving gender...
NIGHT OWL In the race against time to achieve global climate targets, bold actions are necessary. Sadly, our actions have yet to match our commitments. According to the United Nations’ report on the first Global Stocktake (GST), we are not on track to meet the Paris Agreement goal of...
NIGHT OWL Amid a successful career as an entrepreneur — including achieving the OBE award in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in 2016 for services to the economy and voluntary sector — Dr. Terry Cross OBE continues to transform numerous opportunities into thriving business ventures...
NIGHT OWL Imagine living over a century and being able to tell stories that inspire a community, narrate facts that build a society, and share opinion that help form decisions. Imagine being a vessel of history, the “timeless truths”, and eventually being history itself — that is Manila...
NIGHT OWL The Philippines is one of the 18 mega-biodiverse countries with a very high level of endemism. Almost half of terrestrial wildlife is not found anywhere else in the world. Many of these rare species are found in the country’s forests. The Philippines’ forest cover is 7.2 million...
NIGHT OWL The UAE Consensus that was adopted by almost 200 parties during the 2023 climate change conference or COP28 held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates last December, was hailed as a significant agreement that could signal the beginning of the end for fossil fuels. The UAE Consensus gives us...
NIGHT OWL The signing into law of Republic Act 11106 in 2018 was a milestone for the Deaf community in the country. Foremost, the law recognizes the unique needs of citizens who are deaf and hard of hearing, which is why there is a need to have the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as the national sign...
NIGHT OWL Two months into the war in Gaza, fervent calls for a ceasefire have not waned. We can only hope that our collective voices would be heard and listened to, for the sake of the many innocent lives who are caught in the middle, for the common good. The gravity of the situation is...
NIGHT OWL For the longest time, we have measured growth based on the value of the goods and services we’ve produced within a specific time — our gross domestic product (GDP). While it is a metric of a country’s economic development, it does not encapsulate the nation’s overall wellbeing. It...
NIGHT OWL One of the silver linings during the pandemic is seeing our skies smog-free. This was an occurrence observed in most of the cities around the world. If only we were able to keep it that way even post-Covid, we could also save more lives globally, at least seven million who die every year...
